From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 26 12:37:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 215CC16A4CF for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 12:37:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mygirlfriday.info (user204.net795.mo.sprint-hsd.net [65.41.216.204]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5139B43D46 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2004 12:37:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gv-list-freebsdquestions@mygirlfriday.info) Received: (qmail 65412 invoked from network); 26 Apr 2004 19:37:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mork) (192.168.0.4) by mongo.mygirlfriday.info with SMTP; 26 Apr 2004 19:37:56 -0000 Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 14:37:55 -0500 From: Gary Organization: Hardly X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <486179499.20040426143755@mygirlfriday.info> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20040426192438.GA2287@lappy> References: <408D43A7.6070207@verizon.net> <408D5D79.5080308@potentialtech.com> <20040426192438.GA2287@lappy> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re[3]: DNS question in regards to /etc/resolv.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 19:37:58 -0000 Hi there Brandon, I lost Bill's original message, so if you don't mind, I will tag this response on to yours Monday, April 26, 2004, 2:24:38 PM, you wrote: >> Will you need to host your own DNS _server_? If so, then the answer is >> much more complicated. B> if he's using dynamic dns, i'm assuming he has a dynamic IP. In which B> case it would be a bit difficult to have his own dns. B> I suppose he _could_ have dnsdns/godaddy point to his dns server, and B> then have that resolve his ip... but that's kind of pointless. There is one other very important piece of info needed, that Bill needs to get, before all of this. He has to make sure Verizon does not block ports 25, 80, and 53, so he can use a mail/web/DNS server to begin with. -- Regards, Gary Oxymoron: Microsoft Works